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VEHICLE-AXE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 366.452. dated July12.1887- Applieation led January 26, 1887. Serial No. 225,592.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN M. BRosiUs, a citizen of the United States,residing at Atlanta, in the county of Fulton and State of Georgia, haveinvented a new and useful Vehicle-Axle; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings,and to letters or figures of reference marked thereomwhich form a partof this specification.

Thisinvention relates to the axles ofwagons, and has especial referenceto an improvement in running-gear for which Letters Patent of the UnitedStates were granted to me on the 9th day of January, 1883, No. 270,392,the object being to so improve that invention as to make it betteradapted to the use for which it was intended by making it in a form thatwill permit the use of better material, and to produce alighter,stronger,and more durable axle, that shall be adjustable in length,andalso vertically to bring the axis of the wheel to any desired angle tothe axletree.

It consists of the channel-iron axletree and adjustably-coimectedsheet-inetal spindles, and other details, as will be hereinafter fullydescribed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a rear view of one endofthehind axle ot'a wagon, showing the axle-box in section. Fig. 2 is acentral longitudinal vertical section of Fig. l, showing neithertheaxle-box nor nut. Fig. 3 is a top view of an axle. Fig. Ll is asection on line l, Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a section on line 2, Fig. l. Fig.Gis a section on line 3, Fig. l.

The different details shown in the drawings, like referencemarksreferring to like parts in the several views, are the axle A, as shownin cross-section in Fig. 6, made of channel-iron; the spindle S, formedof sheet metal, (bestshown in Figs. 2, 4, 5, and G5) thc axle-box B andnut N, Fig. l; the clip C, the straps S', the bolts b and b', thebatting-ring R, and the plug P.

The axle A is provided with holes for the bolts b and b', and may haveas many other holes as might be required for other purposes than for thepassage of the bolts b and b. That part of the axle that is composed ofchannel- (No model.)

iron may be filled with a block of wood or not, as desired. The reliancefor strength in any case, however, would be on the channel iron orsteel, as the case may be.

ln sloping the axles of vehicles it is desirable to have them slope inproportion of the dish of Ythe wheels, which is difficult to do, asaxles are ordinarily constructed,on account of the lack of uniformity ofwheels, as respects the amount of dish. Especially is this the case whenthe tires have been reset. I provide for the variation in the dish ofwheels by making the slope of the axle-spindle variable by means of thewedge XV, which may be of any thickness, and is inserted between therectangular part of the spindle and its top bearing in the channel-ironat either the outer or the inner end, as required. Vhen the wedge is inthe outer end of the bearing between the spindle and the channel-iron,it is clamped and held in position by the clip O, which also holds thespindle more rigidly in its position, for which latter purpose it isused exclusively when the wedge is in the other or inner end of the saidbearing. On the resetting of the tires of the wheels,the slope of theaxle may be adjusted to bring the spokes of the wheels to a verticalposition, thus causing the tread of two opposite wheels to remain thesame distance apart as before the dish of one or both was changed byresetting the tire. The width of tread may be changed at any time bylongitudinal adjustment of the spindles, which adjustment is permittedby the slots in the spindle through which the bolts b and b pass.

The spindles S are constructed of sheet metal, preferably of steel,bybeing cut to the required form and then bent, having, as shown, arectangular part to iit in the channel-iron and a ta pering cylindricalportion on which the wheel runs. In the outer endis welded or brazed theiron plug l?, as shown in Figs. 2 and 4. This plug is provided with athread for the nut n. Thesheet metal in the spindle is so formed as tohave a cold-shut joint lengthwise through the top. The butting-ring R isshrunk or oth erwise suitably fastened on at the desired distance fromthe end of the spindle, which pre vents the opening of the cold-shutjoint, as does also the contact of the sides of the rectangular part ofthe spindle with the channel-iron. The

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2. In a vehicle-axle, the combination of the axle-tree A, the spindlesS, and the shims or wedges WV, by means of which the aXis of the Wheelmaybe adjusted, as described, and for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

JOHN M. BROSIUS. v

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A. I?. Woon, HARRY KnoUsE,

